Introduction

Coal Creek
    Tour of Coal Creek
    Mostly British
    National Holidays
    Food & Clothing
    Personal Differences

Fernie
    Coming as an Immigrant
    Language
    Social Events
    Status
    Food

Fernie's Multiculturalism

While Coal Creek had become a mostly British town by the 1920’s, Fernie had become a community of many different nationalities. Most immigrants had come here from Britain and both eastern and western European countries. Mary Menduk is a Fernie citizen whose parents were both Czechoslovakian immigrants. We can learn from her what it was like to come from a non-English-speaking background.

Introduction		Coming as an Immigrant